Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 31, 2023

Budget cuts have forced Milford High to buy one of those factory-reject flags with stars over just half the field and with 14 stripes. Maybe it’s one that the Thorp kids were allowed to bring back with them from the sweatshop.

P1: Milford sponsors a Hollywood Squares revival to make extra funds.

“You’re pretty, but you’re no Kelly LeBrock.”

Did anyone actually like that 1986 commercial?

Tarytons or vape stickers? I’d rather fight than switch.

And get that carrot out of my face. Oh, that’s your finger

P 4: “…yas!… that’s a fact, jack!…”

Even hot, popular girls can develop EES. Okay, lesson learned. Let’s move to some golf.

P 3: “… blonde!… OMG!…”

I just hope y’all are disposing of all these nits safely.

P-1: Milford High, itself, earns today’s Sherlock for the Beach Boys’ “Be True to Your School” reference.

P-2: We discover they didn’t defend her for any personal reasons. This makes us all feel much more warm and fuzzy.

P-3: It’s settled! The rest of the team has a realistic view of their own mediocrity.

P3.5 “And blind in my left eye now that you stuck your finger in it! OMG!”

P4- “Actually, we hate you because you keep using that fake southern belle accent when we all know you’re from Chicago.”

Irrespective of the flag fail……. which is rather huge… her valley girl ‘like’ and that entire conversation is ridiculous.

“We weren’t defending you. We just wanted to punch and kick the girls on the other team, because that’s what we do.”

“Because I can throw a no-hitter and you can do whatever it is you do…”

“Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.”

Mopman hasn’t been here but he should read the May 30 In the Bleachers.

She probably thinks they hate her because they’re always jamming fingers up her nose. And speaking of noses, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is right under your nose.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2023/05/31/dont-you-forget-about-us/

Lame comic strip stories (and art) are one thing … an inability to properly present the flag is a whole other matter